The News Tribune · Aug 26, 2018
Mike Leake spiked but Mariners had something going, again, late in Arizona
Spike got spiked.
That, and little offense behind Mike “Spike” Leake, was the difference in this Seattle Mariners 5-2 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday, with the Mariners just missing the three-game sweep of a club that entered Friday leading the National League West standings.
Meanwhile, the Mariners (74-57) continue to have a hard time gaining ground in this win-loaded top of the American League West.
Mariners pitching had bottled slugger Paul Goldschmidt up for almost all of this series until he got ahold of an 89-mph sinker from Leake and launched it for a three-run home run and a four-run D-Backs lead in the third inning.
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